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Report: 24-09-2016 – Mens 2nd’s (2) vs. (6) Harrogate Mens 3

September 24, 2016 by Slazenger HC

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Slazengers mens 2nd team started their league campaign against a Harrogate side that went unbeaten throughout the entire of last season and although they were good in patches, eventually went down 6-2.

Slazengers were dealing with a much changed side from the previous season and were also playing a new formation which allowed Harrogate, a team that has played together for a number of seasons, to take advantage of individual errors and a bit of confusion over the new formation. Slazengers struggled in the first half primarily with players getting dragged out of position which allowed Harrogate to take a 4-1 lead at the break. Slazengers goal came courtesy of a sharp finish from Asad Baig.

Slazengers were better in the second half and were only undone on 2 occasions, both times following some excellent play down the flanks by Harrogate. Slazengers goal came through Harry Gunning who enjoyed a good debut for the team as did Amir Khalil in the centre of midfield. Despite being on the wrong end of the 6-2 scoreline, there are a number of positives which Slazengers can take from the game and apply in the coming weeks.

Report: 07-11-2015 – Mens 5th’s (0) vs. (3) Harrogate 4th’s

November 7, 2015 by Slazenger HC

Development team played a very strong and talented Harrogate team.

As a new team Slazengers took time to settle and were 3-0 down at half time despite some great commitment.

Second half saw a much more settled team with some good opportunities at the Harrogate end but to no avail. Scott carruthers man of match. 3-0 to Harrogate final score.

Report: 17-01-2015 – Mens 1st’s (6) vs. (2) Leeds Adel 2nd’s

January 17, 2015 by Slazenger HC

Slazengers welcomed adel to a cold game of hockey but things didn’t take long for the two teams to get warmed up.

Both teams had good amount of possession but it was slazengers who punished in front of goal with Daniel perry making a lengthy run of the field and setting Richard tuddnham up who didn’t miss he added 2 more before half time to put the score at 3-1 adel came out strong in the 2nd half and had some good chances but couldn’t finish slazengers put the game to bed with a nice break leading to Mathew Stacey scoring with a fine reverse stick strike .

Adel scored a goal but Richard tuddnham had the last laugh with two more goals to take is tally to 5 . Adam drake received the man of the match for his outstanding defending skills.

Report: 10-01-2015 – Mens 1st’s (3) vs. (4) Harrogate 2nd’s

January 10, 2015 by Slazenger HC

Both teams were against blustery conditions which made running impossible at times but both teams got off to a good start and worked well to attack each other goal.In the first half Harrogate had the possession and the lead but slaz had broken well against Harrogate and they had looked weak at the back but slaz had been unable to pull the lead.

The second half slaz had got the wind behind them and pushed on against Harrogate and pilled the pressure in their D. Slaz had a few good chances and got back equal with Harrogate. Soon after they took the lead again and slaz pushed hard for the last 10 minutes but were unable to put the ball in the net despite a few short corners in the closing minutes.

Final score Harrogate 4 slaz 3

Report: 04-10-2014 – Mens 1st’s (3) vs. (1) Harrogate 2nd’s

October 4, 2014 by Slazenger HC

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Slazengers went into this game on a good 3-3 result from the previous week. Harrogate got a early goal due to Slazengers lazy start but once they got onto thier stride slazengers dominated possession with help from Mark Swinden and Captain Paul Wiper in midfield. the first goal came from some fluid build up play down the right and a nice finish from Will Copley .

Dan Perry got on the score sheet just before half time. Richard tuddenham made it 3-1 with a delightful finish from the top of the D . Harrogate fought back and scored with 10 mins to go this made the end of the game very tight but Richard tuddenham sealed the victory with once again another fine strike .

Report: 01-02-2014 – Mens 1st’s (2) vs. (3) Harrogate 2nd’s

February 1, 2014 by Slazenger HC

This was an important clash with both teams keen to get enough points to clear the relegation points fight near the end of the season. Harrogate were a well drilled young side and looked to start on top. Slaz soon got their footing and created as much pressure on their defence too.

The pace was quick and looked good on both sides but Harrogate took the lead with a lovely deflection into the corner of the goal. Another followed in the same half. Slaz came back and faught for every ball and were able to pull another 2 back from Richard Tuddenham but Harrogate had already secured another goal.

Slaz kept the pressure on and Harrogate managed to keep the ball out to secure the 3 points.Dan Perry had a great game up front, James Cowden had a good game in net keeping slaz in the game, but man of match went to Isaac Fisher who commanded his inside left spot denying passage to all.

Final score: Slaz 2 Harrogate 3

Report: 12-01-2014 – Boys U16’s Tournament

January 12, 2014 by Slazenger HC

Slazenger U16 Boys made a great start to 2014 by returning to the top of the YYHL Division 1 following an unbeaten outing to Harrogate on Sunday.
Fresh from the holiday festivities, the team faced main rivals City of York as well as teams from Ben Rhydding and Harrogate.

Slazenger 1 – 1 City of York
Both teams started brightly, moving the ball confidently and creating chances at both ends. It was York who found a breakthrough with just under 10 minutes played, when an attack down the centre of the field produced a probing ball into the ‘D’ to find a striker who had lost his marker giving him time to tip the ball into the top left corner.

The Slazenger boys responded brilliantly to the early setback and within 2 minutes were rewarded with an equalising goal scored by Matthew Stacey, tipping the ball inside the right post of the York goal.

The remainder of the game continued very evenly with neither team managing to create any clear goal scoring opportunities.

Slazenger 2 – 0 Harrogate
The Slazenger team dominated the game from the start so it was no surprise when the opening goal came after 10 minutes when Aidan Hopkinson pounced on a rebound from a Luke Gueli short corner drag flick to fire the ball into the Harrogate goal.

Two minutes later, Slazenger extended their lead when Robert Cann finished off a flowing move involving Will Copley and Isaac Fisher. Despite concerted attacks the team were unable to find the net again. However, Isaac Fisher came very close when his reverse shot from the top of the ‘D’ glanced off the cross bar.

Slazenger 3 – 0 Ben Rhydding
With the Slazenger team now playing confident, flowing hockey, passing the ball quickly and working together, it was only a matter of time before they were rewarded with an opening goal inside 8 minutes. Will Copley finished another passing move with a reverse shot.

Matthew Stacey then scored 2 goals in under 5 minutes. The first picking up a rebounded shot and the second meeting a pass from Will Copley.

In other games, York beat Harrogate 3 – 0 and Ben Rhydding 1 – 0 meaning that Slazenger finished top on goal difference. The game between Ben Rhydding and Harrogate was won 3 – 2 by Ben Rhydding.

Report: 26-10-2013 – Mens 4th’s (3) vs. (0) Harrogate 5th’s

October 28, 2013 by Slazenger HC

Slazenger mens 4th’s travelled to away Harrogate for their most recent game. A strong team performance saw them run out 3-0 victors.

Some solid team play gave Slaz the upper hand, and it was only a matter of time before the goals were scored. Some strong midfield work, set up the “Peanut Brothers” to net 3; Daz Buttery getting a brace and Steve Johnson netting the third.

Tom Pitchforth got the mom award.

Next week, Slaz 4’s travel away City of York on the 9th, enjoying a well deserved break this week.

Report: 26-10-2013 – Mens 1st’s (1) vs. (6) Harrogate 2nd’s

October 26, 2013 by Slazenger HC

The game was quick passed and both sides created early chances, but within 15 minutes Harrogate took the lead. Before half time they got a deflection off a short corner and another one straight after leaving Slaz wondering what had happened in the first half with most of the possession and twice as many chances as Harrogate on target.

Slaz pushed on in the second half but were tiring faster than Harrogate and were caught on the break twice to leave Slaz looking at a 5 goal deficit. Harrogate got another back with 10 minutes left, Slaz continued to create chances time after time but couldn’t score until 5 minutes from the end, Slaz still then fired an open goal opportunity wide before the final whistle went.

Report: 28-09-2013 – Mens 5th’s (3) vs. (6) Harrogate 6th’s

September 28, 2013 by Slazenger HC

Dan Does the Double

On another bright sunny September Saturday Slazenger’s development team travelled to Harrogate, with a warning that the week pervious the same team had destroyed Airedale 13 – 0.

With young Harry Buttery back in net, his back four lined up with Matthew and Paul Chilton, Nick Calderly and Mayank Gupta. Harrogate gave an early warning putting together six passes and scoring within the first minute of the game. Slazengers hardly had time to reset their positions when Harrogate were at them again, the midfield pair of Geoff Birkett and Harry Gunning were under the cosh again and pegged back to the sixteen yard line. Ben Stevenson and Peter Gunning on the wings just couldn’t see a way to get the ball through to Dan Atkinson and Alex King.

Matthew and Nick were composed on the ball but Slazenger’s hit outs were weak affairs and Harrogate found their short range and quickly pounced on balls in quick succession and drove their advantage home scoring two more in quick succession.

Alex and Dan made some inroads into the Harrogate half although their attacks and runs were counteracted by a solid back three from Harrogate. After a ten minute frenetic period which exhausted many Slaz players and saw the midfield defend so deep that invited another goal from Harrogate Slazenger’s position looked precarious at best. A small chink of light appeared as Harry Gunning burst forward and rolled to the left post with two oncoming defenders the small midfielder swung a precise tomahawk shot that hit the top right of the goal against the run of play, but giving a tired team some hope.

The second half started with the captain’s word stinging the player’s ears. The press and hassling of players was to be a top priority for the second half and the team came out fighting. Harrogate were pressed back from the off and the pressure told with the play being in the top half of the field and counter attacks were confidently dealt with by Nick, Paul and Matthew.

A few heart stopping moments from two short corners were confidently dealt with by Matthew Smith and as Slaz managed to counter Dan Atkinson got on the end of a long ball from Geoff and passed to Peter who did a swift one two and Dan scored a second goal for Slaz. The ball travelled to both end of the pitch but Slaz were defiantly up for the game now and after a response and goal from Harrogate Slaz returned the favour with another route one ball to Dan Atkinson who rounded the keeper and battled a defender to gain another goal for his double.

Final score 5-3

Dan Does the Double

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